Wel­come to the big one!

Hello scrib­blers! We al­ways have enor­mous fun putting to­gether our video game art is­sue, and this month’s games edi­tion seems even more spe­cial be­cause of the ex­clu­sive be­spoke art on the cover. Motiga’s Vinod Rams and Devon CadyLee have joined forces to paint the larg­erthan-life char­ac­ters from the stu­dio’s new video game Gi­gan­tic. Thanks guys! I’m very pleased with how it turned out. Find out how Vinod fol­lows a spe­cific character cre­ation process when cre­at­ing art for a game over on page 60.

It’s al­ways an hon­our to showcase the art that will spark the imag­i­na­tions of mil­lions of peo­ple in homes around the world. We’re hugely proud to rep­re­sent the global com­mu­nity of pro­fes­sional and hob­by­ist artists who want to share their art, learn from each other and keep up with the lat­est on what artists are cre­at­ing in their re­spec­tive in­dus­tries, be it games, comics, an­i­ma­tion and beyond. And while we’re talk­ing about art that’s in­spired mil­lions of peo­ple, turn to page 84 to see what we’ve got in store for you next month. It just gets bet­ter and bet­ter!

Also, yet again, we’re giv­ing you the chance to get a free Ap­ple Newsstand or Google Play Store ver­sion of this month’s mag­a­zine and start en­joy­ing all the in­ter­ac­tive fea­tures of our dig­i­tal edi­tion on your iOS or An­droid de­vice. Turn to page 29 for de­tails.